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Come to the Closing Party for Ed Zipco and William Dunleavy's Photo Show Right Now!
If you live in or around NYC and didn’t attend the Armory Show this year, today is your last chance. Or if you are averse to the worst aspect of art shows (i.e., the people in attendance), skip all the bullshit and head down to the closing party for Ed...
Ten Radically Futuristic Ideas in Obama's State of the Union Address
The president got a little sci-fi with some of the ideas he proposed in his big speech last night. SOTUs are notorious for being lofty wishlists, so consider these proposals Obama's wildest political fantasies.
The Year in Gifs
We could have summarized the year's stories using words—you know, those collections of symbols that represent ideas—but since it's almost 2013, we should really be communicating only in moving images.
On the Lam in Lebanon
It’s dusk when the rebels move into position within a cluster of lemon and olive groves about 300 feet from the Syrian border post north of the bleak and dusty Lebanese farming village of al-Qaa. I’m watching the operation from behind the troops with...
The Suspicious Return of The Daily Capper
The preferred newscast for online pedophiles, The Daily Capper, has returned after over a year of silence to chime in on the blackmail of Amanda Todd.
Kubrick's Letters: Having It Both Ways
Looking over some stills from The Shining Forward and Backward, I was immediately struck by the text permeating beneath Jack and the gang slowly going mad, together, at the Overlook Hotel.
The Disgusting Rivalries of Webcam Extortionists: Kody Maxson, Viper, and r0
Our investigation into Amanda Todd's suicide has led us to realize that the world of sexual extortionists, who prey on underage girls that enter webcam chatrooms, is a complicated environment full of internal rivalries.
Not Just Another Drug War Documentary
The money quote in the trailer for 'The House I Live In' belongs to David Simon, creator of The Wire, and it’s a doozy: “The drug war is a holocaust in slow motion.”
The Death Aquatic
Louie Psihoyos’ ambitions have escalated, his subject has opened up, and he’s taking consultation left and right from greeny showbiz vets. Needless to say, I was pretty stoked to get on the line with the creator of 'The Cove' and chat about his...
This Game Makes Cybersex Harder Than Real Sex
Trying to get laid on the internet has never been so tough.
Exploring Polyamory with a Bunch of Horny Nerds
They get laid a lot more than you and are immeasurably happier with their lives.